Eight UNL faculty and staff members received the 2010 Holling Family Awards for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The annual awards honor outstanding teaching in UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

This year’s recipients are:

Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award: Susan Cuppett, professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, and Ron Hanson, Neal E. Harlan professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics.

Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award: David Carter, assistant professor in the Department of Entomology; Jason Ellis, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; Dennis Ferraro, extension educator with the Southeast Research and Extension District; and Lisa Karr-Lilienthal, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science.

Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award: Heath Harding, graduate assistant in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; and John Quinn, graduate assistant in the School of Natural Resources.

The Holling program was made possible by a gift from the Holling family to honor their pioneer parents. John Holling was a 1912 electrical engineering graduate of NU and his brother, Gustave Holling, attended the College of Agriculture before farming the family’s land in the Wood River area.

Learn more about the award winners at http://go.unl.edu/jwi.